Grand Tour

Connected Sites: 33

Frequent destinations of the traditional travel around Europe made by upper class young men (17th-19th centuries)

Connected Sites

  • Lyon
    Lyon
    France
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.22
    306
    9
  • Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.02
    191
    11
  • Genoa
    Genoa
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2006
    2.92
    255
    7
  • Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.80
    498
    14
  • Siena
    Siena
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.05
    378
    10
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.52
    610
    19
  • Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.34
    238
    11
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    661
    13
    In essence, the Grand Tour was neither a scholarly pilgrimage nor a religious one, though a pleasurable stay in Venice and a residence in Rome were essential. (wiki)
  • Vatican City
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.30
    612
    9
    As part of the trip to Rome
    See www.metmuseum.org
  • Cilento and Vallo di Diano
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.39
    169
    5
    Paestum
  • Schönbrunn
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.50
    506
    14
  • Naples
    Naples
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.48
    435
    9
  • Villa d'Este
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.27
    244
    9
  • Royal Palace at Caserta
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.19
    198
    4
  • Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.89
    184
    8
    Obligatory stop to unwind before passing the Alps and going on to Rome (nomination file)
  • Pont du Gard
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.69
    304
    12
    From the 18th century onwards, particularly after the construction of the new road bridge, it became a famous staging-post for travellers on the Grand Tour (wiki)
  • Ravenna
    Ravenna
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    4.15
    272
    8
    Mausoleum of Theodoric: "In the Nineteenth-century, the Gothic king's mausoleum also became a favourite destination for travellers on the Grand Tour." (Explanatory text outside the mausoleum)
  • Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.39
    240
    8
  • Vienna
    Vienna
    Austria
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.02
    591
    20
  • Versailles
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.98
    521
    12
  • Verona
    Verona
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.61
    368
    12
  • Val d'Orcia
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.23
    199
    11
    "The agricultural landscape, which was inspired by and influenced Siennese painters of the Renaissance, has continued to incite – for example, travellers of the European 'Grand Tour' and modern-day photographers." (OUV)
  • Syracuse
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.59
    247
    8
    Syracuse was a destination for travellers of the Grand Tour in the 18th century, and even more so in the 19th century. (wiki)
    See it.wikipedia.org
  • Santa Maria delle Grazie
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.40
    290
    10
  • San Marino and Mount Titano
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.44
    296
    8
    "(...) it comes as no surprise that in the 17th century some illustrious travellers on the "Grand Tour" left the well-beaten tracks, those including the major cities of art and history, to wind their way up the Titano in order to verify the situation for themselves and touch this utopia with their own hands." (Nomination file, p. 72)
  • Potsdam
    Potsdam
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.52
    371
    10
  • Pompei
    Pompei
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1997
    4.38
    451
    8
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    680
    20
  • Muskauer Park
    Muskauer Park
    Germany, Poland
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.62
    151
    8
    Prince Hermann von P?ckler-Muskau was an avid traveller who went on a very extensive Grand Tour, at which he was inspired by new (exotic) ideas for his gardens
  • Mount Etna
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.55
    263
    12
    "Etna was also the ideal destination of many travellers at the end of the XVIII century (the so-called Gran Tour)" (Nomination file, p. 72)
  • Isole Eolie
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.67
    135
    8
    The places most visited by the intellectuals of the Grand Tour on their trip to Sicily were mainly those places famous for volcanic phenomena. Standing out among all are Etna, with the ascent to the crater, and the Aeolian Islands.
    See it.wikipedia.org
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    587
    15
  • Via Appia
    Inscribed: 2024
    3.19
    165
    4
    "It became a key stage of the Grand Tour." (AB ev)